#chronic migrane

[starrystampsermagurd]

Chronic migrane stamps

ho boy hopefully i don't reach my daily upload limit

[silliestcolressfan]

does this count as vent material or not

[chronicallytiredofeverything]

Does anyone have any tips on managing covid? I'm only on the morning of day 2, and it's making all of my symptoms flare worse. I can't stop shaking from the fever. And it feels like I've been hit by a truck a few times. I haven't had it before, so I have no idea what this is going to do to me. Any advice to manage this would be very appreciated.

[tsunderevergil]

Goddamn my head hurts :)))

[mikholla]

Living with Chronic Pain

 It’s hard. It’s frustrating. But just like with anything else in life, it is what you make it. You can hate it and complain, or make the best and realize it’s not going anywhere. I have had migraines since I was 17, and by the time I was 19 it had developed into a chronic condition (15 or more in a month). Other women in my family have migraines, so it’s not surprising that I do too. Migraines are an inherited neurological disorder that affect 12% of the American population, or 36 million. Chronic migraine affects 3% of the population - both cost the country millions in lost wages, medical expenses, but little in research. Little is known about migraines, and treatment options are often inadequate. 

  June is national migraine awareness month. Migraines are an invisible illness, which means you cannot see that someone has migraines, but that they still have an illness. For me the pain is everywhere, lasting up to 72 hours, I am nauseous, I am weak, I am tired, and uncomfortable. Laying in the dark, with an ice pack over my neck or eyes, still not able to find a comfortable position. You know the pain is real when you cannot fall asleep, when your only task is breathing and it’s so so painful. 

  Migraine treatment is kind of a joke, and that’s the frustrating part. You have preventative meds, and abortive meds - the first to reduce the number of days you experience migraines, and the second to dull the pain when it happens. Well preventative meds have weird side effects, weight loss, poor circulation, seizures, headaches (thanks...), dizziness to name a few. The abortive ones are designed to be non addictive pain killers, but are expensive, and they only give you 3 or 4 pills at a time. Sometimes they don’t even work. So it’s easy and understandable to seek other drugs, or abuse the ones you have (hoarding them and then taking more than prescribed) ... the emergency room, and doctors in general tend to minimize your condition because they know there is nothing they can really do in the long term, and migraine suffers are often seen as drug seekers. So it’s important to have a neurologist or headache specialist you trust, and who takes your pain seriously. 

There are also the natural treatments - ice for one, cremes and salves that are usually aromatherapy, yoga, etc. Avoiding triggers is the most helpful, but also the hardest. My triggers are lack of sleep, not eating enough or infrequent meals, MSG, dehydration, and bright light. Looking at bright light is painful to me always, the sun, my iphone, my computer - the brightness is all the way down for me. Migraines are 90% of the reason I am vegan; eat well, feel well right? Migraines are a big reason I make a lot of decisions, and they are a part of who I am. Migraines have made me more compassionate to other conditions. 

Even if I don’t understand them, I understand not being in complete control of your homeostasis, your body, your choices. It’s hard. If you have any illness, disability, disorder - or even just a bad day I’m sending my best to you. I can’t say I have been there, I can only say I’ve been here, and it has helped me to be a kinder, gentler human. Don’t listen to what others may say, if it’s real to you - it’s real. If you think something is not okay, it’s not okay. Only you can determine what is right for your body, and no one else can demand the care and respect of you so be kind to yourself. 

[tsunderevergil]

If someone drilled a hole in my skull right now it would only be half as painful as the sensation I've been feeling in my head for the past 3 hours.

[thedietcokedude]

I feel like I'm getting a migraine...

But I really can't tell. Like I have a headache and I think I'm seeing an aura but I don't know. If I have one that's like 12-72 hours in dark silent pain which I don't have time for at the moment. I start tech tomorrow... What to do.